The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1
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The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1
This is a survey of Demography, urbanisation, transport, technology, food, clothing, housing, money, business, social classes, state power and international trade covering the 15th-18th century
Translated from the French. 1979 Harper Row jumbo trade paperback, Fernand Braudel (Memory and the Mediterranean). Traces the social and economic history of the world from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, although his primary focus is Europe. Braudel skims over politics, wars, etc., in favor of examining life at the grass roots: food, drink, clothing, housing, town markets, money, credit, technology, the growth of towns and cities, and more.